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Ryu wins 1st career title at Nitori Ladies

Ryu wins 1st career title at Nitori Ladies

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Ritsuko Ryu responds to applause from spectators after winning the first title of her career at the Nitori Ladies at Katsura Golf Club in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Aug. 28, 2011. Ryu, who had five birdies against two bogeys in the final round, closed on 7-under 209.

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Anti-U.S. base candidate Inamine wins Nago mayoral election

Anti-U.S. base candidate Inamine wins Nago mayoral election

NAGO, Japan - Susumu Inamine (C), who is opposed to the construction of a new U.S. base in the city of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, shakes hands with one of his supporters after media projections showed him winning the Jan. 24, 2010, mayoral race, while his wife Ritsuko (L) watches. Inamine's win made it unlikely that the small city would accept the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in another part of the prefecture.

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Anti-U.S. base Inamine wins Nago mayoral election

Anti-U.S. base Inamine wins Nago mayoral election

NAGO, Japan - Susumu Inamine (R), a candidate for the mayoral election in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, and his wife Ritsuko cast their ballots at a polling station on Jan. 24, 2010. Inamine, who opposes the construction of a new U.S. base in the city in line with a relocation plan for the Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station, beat the incumbent.

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NGOs working to save street children in Mexico City

NGOs working to save street children in Mexico City

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - An undated photo shows Ritsuko Kudo(far R), a 41-year-old Japanese member of the nongovernmental organization Pro Ninos de la Calle, and her street workers with a 14-year-old street child (3rd from R) in the Garibaldi district in Mexico City.

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New head of Japan bowlers' group meets press

New head of Japan bowlers' group meets press

TOKYO, Japan - Ritsuko Nakayama, a former bowling star who has become head of the Japanese Professional Bowlers Association, tells reporters in Tokyo April 19 that she wants to boost public interest in bowling tournaments.

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Former bowling star Nakayama heads bowlers' association

Former bowling star Nakayama heads bowlers' association

TOKYO, Japan - Ritsuko Nakayama, a former bowling star who won the first all-Japan women's professional bowling championships in 1970, has become the head of the Japanese Professional Bowlers Association.

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Hijackers' daughters arrive in Japan

Hijackers' daughters arrive in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Three daughters of former Red Army Faction members, who hijacked a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane in 1970 and forced it to fly to North Korea, sit for a news conference after their arrival at Narita airport May 15. (From L to R) Azumi Tanaka, 22, Asaka Tamiya, 22, and Ritsuko Konishi, 23. On the flight to Narita, Tamiya, in an interview with Kyodo News, described the hijacking committed by her father and other members of the radical group as ''senseless'' and ''wrong.''

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Hijackers' daughters leave N. Korea for Japan

Hijackers' daughters leave N. Korea for Japan

TOKYO, Japan - Three daughters of former Red Army Faction cadres are seen in photo taken by a supporter in March in Pyongyang. Shown are Asaka Tamiya (L), 22, daughter of Takamaro Tamiya, deceased leader of the hijackers' group; Azumi Tanaka (C), 22, daughter of Yoshimi Tanaka; and Ritsuko Konishi, 23, daughter of Takahiro Konishi. The three daughters, whose fathers defected to North Korea after hijacking a Japan Airlines plane in 1970, left Pyongyang on May 15 for Japan via China.

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Hijackers' daughters arrive in Japan

Hijackers' daughters arrive in Japan

NARITA, Japan - Three daughters of former Red Army Faction members, who hijacked a Japan Airlines (JAL) plane in 1970 and forced it to fly to North Korea, sit for a news conference after their arrival at Narita airport May 15. (From L to R) Azumi Tanaka, 22, Asaka Tamiya, 22, and Ritsuko Konishi, 23. On the flight to Narita, Tamiya, in an interview with Kyodo News, described the hijacking committed by her father and other members of the radical group as ''senseless'' and ''wrong.''

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Neon Genesis Evangelium (1995)

Neon Genesis Evangelium (1995)

Rei, Shinji, Asuka & Ritsuko Film: Neon Genesis Evangelium (1995) 07 January 1995 Date: 07 January 1995

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Japan's Ryu wins AXA Ladies golf on 3rd playoff hole

Japan's Ryu wins AXA Ladies golf on 3rd playoff hole

Ritsuko Ryu kisses the winner's trophy after her victory in the AXA Ladies golf tournament at UMK Country Club in Miyazaki, southwestern Japan, on March 29, 2015. Ryu beat South Korea's Lee Bo Mee in a three-hole playoff. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ryu wins 1st career title at Nitori Ladies

Ryu wins 1st career title at Nitori Ladies

TOMAKOMAI, Japan - Ritsuko Ryu responds to applause from spectators after winning the first title of her career at the Nitori Ladies at Katsura Golf Club in Tomakomai, Hokkaido, on Aug. 28, 2011. Ryu, who had five birdies against two bogeys in the final round, closed on 7-under 209. (Kyodo)

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More Fukushima residents forced to evacuate

More Fukushima residents forced to evacuate

IITATE, Japan - Ritsuko Kanno cries as she prepares to evacuate with other residents from the village of Iitate in Fukushima Prefecture on May 15, 2011. More residents have been forced to leave their homes in the prefecture since the central government widened its evacuation zone due to radiation from the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. (Kyodo)

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Anti-U.S. base Inamine wins Nago mayoral election

Anti-U.S. base Inamine wins Nago mayoral election

NAGO, Japan - Susumu Inamine (R), a candidate for the mayoral election in Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, and his wife Ritsuko cast their ballots at a polling station on Jan. 24, 2010. Inamine, who opposes the construction of a new U.S. base in the city in line with a relocation plan for the Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station, beat the incumbent. (Kyodo)

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Anti-U.S. base candidate Inamine wins Nago mayoral election

Anti-U.S. base candidate Inamine wins Nago mayoral election

NAGO, Japan - Susumu Inamine (C), who is opposed to the construction of a new U.S. base in the city of Nago, Okinawa Prefecture, shakes hands with one of his supporters after media projections showed him winning the Jan. 24, 2010, mayoral race, while his wife Ritsuko (L) watches. Inamine's win made it unlikely that the small city would accept the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in another part of the prefecture. (Kyodo)

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Golf: Yonex Ladies

Golf: Yonex Ladies

Ritsuko Ryu hits from the fifth tee during the final round en route to winning the Yonex Ladies golf tournament at Yonex Country Club in Nagaoka in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, on June 6, 2021.

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Golf: Yonex Ladies

Golf: Yonex Ladies

Ritsuko Ryu smiles with a trophy after winning the Yonex Ladies golf tournament at Yonex Country Club in Nagaoka in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, on June 6, 2021.

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Lee Bo Mee wins Ito En Ladies golf tournament

Lee Bo Mee wins Ito En Ladies golf tournament

S. Korea's Lee Bo Mee drives off the tee on the 16th hole during the final round of the Ito En Ladies golf tournament at the Great Island Club in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Nov. 13, 2016. Lee beat Japan's Ritsuko Ryu in a playoff to capture her fifth title of the season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lee Bo Mee wins Ito En Ladies golf tournament

Lee Bo Mee wins Ito En Ladies golf tournament

South Korea's Lee Bo Mee celebrates after making a birdie putt on the second hole in a playoff of the Ito En Ladies golf tournament with Japan's Ritsuko Ryu at the Great Island Club in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Nov. 13, 2016. Lee won the tournament to capture her fifth title of the season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Lee Bo Mee wins Ito En Ladies golf tournament

Lee Bo Mee wins Ito En Ladies golf tournament

South Korea's Lee Bo Mee poses with the winner's trophy after her victory in the Ito En Ladies golf tournament at the Great Island Club in Chiba, near Tokyo, on Nov. 13, 2016. Lee beat Japan's Ritsuko Ryu in a playoff to capture her fifth title of the season. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New head of Japan bowlers' group meets press

New head of Japan bowlers' group meets press

TOKYO, Japan - Ritsuko Nakayama, a former bowling star who has become head of the Japanese Professional Bowlers Association, tells reporters in Tokyo April 19 that she wants to boost public interest in bowling tournaments. (Kyodo)

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Former bowling star Nakayama heads bowlers' association

Former bowling star Nakayama heads bowlers' association

TOKYO, Japan - Ritsuko Nakayama, a former bowling star who won the first all-Japan women's professional bowling championships in 1970, has become the head of the Japanese Professional Bowlers Association. (Kyodo)

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